Challenge

Magic City
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Helge Gustafsson in the 4th minute of the match. In the 5thth minute of the game Kaj Ekegren who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ecuador's Julio Vera was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a defensive mix-up in SJÖARED's zone, Cristian Sancho stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Adrian Springfält came out of the goal and Cristian Sancho tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kaj Ekegren in the 17th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 28th play minute Kaj Ekegren came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Julio Vera. 1-0. Adrian Springfält took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Daniel Zorita, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Gunnar Hellström had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After having played for 37 minutes, Luis Andino managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ecuador's supporters crossed their fingers, but Luis Andino was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 39th minute Cristian Sancho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Adrian Springfält saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 44th minute the ball was on its way in behind SJÖARED's goalkeeper Adrian Springfält, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Kaj Ekegren in the 51st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Julio Vera prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Kaj Ekegren in the 54th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Julio Vera prevented the ball from getting in the gole. SJÖARED made a substitution. Ola Hansson replaced Tim Hellbom. The supporters of SJÖARED booed when Ecuador was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 57 match minutes in a wonderful position. Daniel Zorita didn't get a good kick on the ball. 59 minutes into the match, SJÖARED's goalkeeper Adrian Springfält had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Daniel Zorita. 60 minutes had been played when some careless play by SJÖARED's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Daniel Zorita was slow to take the kick. During this time Ecuador's players had a chance to rest. In the 69th minute of the match, Daniel Zorita got a very nice opportunity to score, but Adrian Springfält was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Daniel Zorita fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Adrian Springfält having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Isak Qvarnström in the 77th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Isak Qvarnström in the 77th minute of the match. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Urban Rudberg in the 81st minute of play. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Isak Qvarnström in the 90th minute of the match. Luis Andino kicked well hit freekick during the 93rd minute of the match. In the 94th minute of the match Roger Bålström sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Julio Vera skillfully saved the ball. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Helge Gustafsson in the 96th minute of play. Despite being the better team, Ecuador failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.